By Michael Howell The extended periods of extreme cold temperatures and heavy snow followed by thawing conditions have created a plethora of problems throughout the valley. Starting a couple of […]
Archives for February 14, 2017
Salvaging the remains of the Roaring Lion Fire
By Michael Howell The Bitterroot National Forest is moving forward with a hazard tree removal and fire salvage project within the Roaring Lion drainage southwest of Hamilton. About 8,700 acres […]
Alice Kohler celebrates 103rd birthday
By Michael Howell Family members stretching over five generations gathered at The Living Centre in Stevensville last Thursday to celebrate Alice Kohler’s 103rd birthday. Alice was born in Polo, […]
Scientists investigate alternative to antibiotic treatment
By Michael Howell Scientists at Rocky Mountain Laboratory (RML) in Hamilton, a division of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), working with colleagues from New Jersey Medical […]
Hunt, Rivera are state wrestling champs
By Jean Schurman The valley has two new champions after this weekend’s state wrestling tournament in Billings over the weekend. Corvallis’ Garret Hunt took the championship at 285 pounds […]
Stevensville tops Broncs
By Jean Schurman The Stevensville Yellowjackets pulled off an upset of sorts on Thursday when they defeated Hamilton, 69-51. The Broncs were playing without Carter Kearns and Bridger Bauder […]
Corvallis falls to conference leader
By Jean Schurman The Corvallis Blue Devils played host to the Butte Central Maroons on Friday night. Butte Central is the 2016 state champion and although they have have […]
Trying to understand
A friend told me yesterday that she would like to talk with someone who was terrified when Obama got elected in 2009 and find out what they were afraid of […]
Down on Daines
Twice in one day, Senator Steve Daines has disgraced Montana. “School choice” does not help the budget of public schools in our cities and towns, and it offers nothing whatsoever […]
Senseless
The following letter was sent to the city council a month ago, and no response at all, so I’m placing it in the paper, as others feel the same way […]
Handing trump card to Governor
In 2003, Montana Senate Bill 407 extended two extremely liberal generosities to the top 1% of Montana income tax payers. 1) A Credit for Capital Gains Tax. Only eight other […]
Real talk about the Montana state budget
By Representative Nancy Ballance, Chair, House Appropriations Following the Governor’s State of the State address and the response by the Speaker of the House, the media reported on the […]
MONTANA TWENTY-FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, RAVALLI COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF DONALD W. MACLEAN, SR., Deceased Cause No. DP-17-11 Dept. 1 NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE IS HEREBY […]
Sales/Auctions Habitat for Humanity ReSale. New & used building materials & much more. Thursdays, Fridays & Saturdays, 9–4. 131 Old Corvallis Rd, Hamilton, 375-1926. Farm and Garden […]
Wednesday, February 15 Online Town Hall Meeting U.S. Senator Jon Tester will host an online town hall meeting with Montanans on Facebook on Wednesday, February 15 at 6:30 […]